I find myself confused by Arbeau's marque pied and marque talon. I'm
working from Mary Stewart Evan's translation as my french is
non-existant.
The translation is:
"Sometimes, when one foot has taken the body's weight and is placed in
position to support it, the toe of the other foot is brought close up
against he foot on the ground. Thsi movement is called margue pied, to
wit , marque pied droit when the right toe performs the movement and
marque pied gauche when the left does."
(With translaters notes that the french implies you hop or jump onto
the supporting foot, rather than step.)
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/pics/arbeau/p085-1.gif
"When, on the other hand, one foot is placed in position to support
the dancer's body and the heel of the other foot is brought close
against the foot on the ground, this sort of movement is called marque
talon droit, when the right heel is moved, and marque talon gauche
when the left heel is used."
(With translaters notes that the french implies you hop or jump onto
the supporting foot, rather than step.)
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/pics/arbeau/p085-2.gif
Now from the text alone, I'd assume the end position is my supporting
foot flat with leg straight and the other foot flat on the ground,
with no weight on it, and either the toe (marque pied) or heel (marque
talon) resting against/near the instep of the foot. But I am assuming
several things there.
Trouble is, there are pictures, and I can't see how they support this
hypothesis (in fact I can't see any practical difference between the
two steps in the pictures). Does anyone else have a reconstruction
that fits both text and pictures?
Just to add context, and usage, I'm particularly trying to use this to
reconstruct his steps for the canary, where the step is used in the
sequence:
tappement du pied gauche resulting in pied en l'air droit
Marque talon droit
Marque pied droit
tappement du pied droit resulting in pied en l'air droit
Marque talon gauche
Marque pied gauche
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